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pwn.guide vs Trivy
Trivy scans containers and images for vulnerabilities, while pwn.guide teaches hacking techniques.
Which to pick
Pick pwn.guide if you want…
- Hands-on ethical hacking tutorials
Pick Trivy if you want…
- All-in-one open-source security scanner
- Container vulnerability scanning
- A free, open-source tool
Side by side
- What it is
- pwn.guide:pwn.guide offers hands-on ethical hacking tutorials and certification training with free and paid plans.
- Trivy:Trivy is an open-source scanner that finds vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets and generates SBOMs for code, containers and Kubernetes.
- Best for
- pwn.guide:Hands-on ethical hacking tutorials
- Trivy:All-in-one open-source security scanner
- Who it’s for
- pwn.guide:Aspiring and professional cybersecurity learners seeking practical tutorials.
- Trivy:Developers and security teams needing fast, free scanning of code, images and infrastructure.
- Pricing
- pwn.guide:Freemium
- Trivy:Open source
- Plans
- pwn.guide:Starter $0.00 per month · Plus $4.79 per month (billed annually) · Certificate $7.99 per month (billed annually)
- Trivy:—
- Open source
- pwn.guide:—
- Trivy:Yes, 38,170 GitHub stars
- Works with
- pwn.guide:—
- Trivy:Docker, Kubernetes, Azure Container Registry
pwn.guide features
- Free tutorial library. Access 58 beginner-friendly tutorials at no cost.
- Premium Plus tutorials. Unlock 39 advanced tutorials, ad-free, with priority email support.
- Certificate training. Full access to 224 catalog items, certification lessons, practice exams and priority support.
- Weekly content updates. New tutorials and certification material are added every week.
- Privacy-focused. Only minimal data is stored; IP is not linked to accounts.
- Crypto payments. Lifetime plans can be paid with BTC, XMR, SOL, USDT or USDC.
Trivy features
- Vulnerability scanning. Detects CVEs in binaries, container images and source code repositories.
- Misconfiguration detection. Finds insecure settings in IaC templates and Kubernetes manifests.
- Secret scanning. Identifies hard-coded credentials and secrets in code and images.
- SBOM generation. Creates Software Bill of Materials for artifacts to track component licenses.
- Cloud and Kubernetes scanning. Scans cloud resources and Kubernetes clusters for security issues.
- Docker extension. Integrates as a Docker extension for easy image scanning in Docker workflows.
pwn.guide vs Trivy FAQ
Is pwn.guide or Trivy free?+
pwn.guide has a free plan (Starter); paid plans start at $4.79/month (Plus). Trivy is free and open source.
Which is cheaper, pwn.guide or Trivy?+
Trivy is free, so it costs less. pwn.guide starts at $4.79/month (Plus).
Is pwn.guide or Trivy open source?+
Trivy is open source (aquasecurity/trivy on GitHub, Apache-2.0 license). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for pwn.guide.
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